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Terminal emulators are programs that emulate a terminal within some other display architecture. Often associated with a command line shell, but the term extends to all remote terminals and their graphical interfaces.

Terminal emulators emulate a terminal, typically within a graphical user interface (GUI). The type of terminal emulated may vary and range from terminals such as VT100, IBM 3270/8/9/E, Sun console, QNX, AT386, SCO-ANSI, and many others. Additionally, programs have been developed to emulate other terminal emulators such as xterm and assorted console terminals (e.g., for Linux). Finally, some emulations simply refer to a standard, such as ANSI. Terminal emulators are available on many platforms ranging from DOS and Unix to Windows and Macintosh, to embedded operating systems found in cellphones and industrial hardware.

Popular terminal emulators include xterm, aterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, rxvt, PuTTY, SecureCRT, and many others.

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Coding a Mac OS X terminal emulator?

I'd like to create a terminal emulator for Mac OS X. The problem is: I have no idea where to start. Can I just use a whole bunch of NSTasks? Or do I have to read through tons of source code for programs like xterm, urxvt, etc? I don't want a lot of…
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How to make ls | less colorful?

Using ls or many other commands, we can get colorful results like this: But if those results are too long and after we pipe those results to less, the color is disappeared. This is the result of ls -l | less: Why the color is disappeared. How to…
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What 12 hex digits color codes in xfce terminal configuration means?

Recently I set up my XFCE terminal to use the perfect palette of Solarized using this prepared config. All works fine (although midnight commander colors make me cry now) but one thing is really curious to me: Why do color codes in xfce terminal…
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How to switch split screen Emacs where one screen is the editor while the other is terminal emulator?

I have ssh'ed to a remote machine and started emacs. I opened one small python application, and then split the screen into two, and M-x terminal-emulator in the other. I would like to edit the script in one section, then press C-x o and run it on…
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Connecting to CICS from Windows Desktop Application

Now there is a new requirement. I have got some adhoc work at hand. The requirement is to connect a desktop based Java application to read data from Mainframe generated by some CICS Transaction. [Basically I have to read all the records being…
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Modern Command-Line Programming a la Bloomberg Terminal

I want build a financial analysis tool that will feature screen after screen of diverse, dynamic options. The screens will change based on the input from the previous screens. Any single screen can have hundreds of options, most of which will be…
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What are ideogram escape codes used for in ANSI-compatible terminals

ANSI X3.64[1] and ECMA-48[2] video terminal escape codes define a set of parameters for Select Graphic Rendition that have to do with ideograms. Specifically: 60 ideogram underline or right side line 61 ideogram double underline or double line on…
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install avd from command line

I am running an Android application and have to use command line to create and activate AVD. I have the same problem described in this link but it is not working for me. It is kinda blocker and it would be great if someone give a helping hand to fix…
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How to make SendKeys act Synchronously in IBM Host Access Library

I use the IBM Host Access Class Library for COM Automation as a way to communicate with an IBM AS400 (aka iSeries, IBM i, green screen, 5250) through a terminal emulator. I notice that when you issue a "SendKeys" instruction, control returns to your…
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osx terminal syntax emulation on windows for node scripts

So I have a package json file that was built with osx in mind and it contains scripts for installs and builds. A lot of the scripts in that file have osx terminal specific syntax. Is there a way to emulate that terminal in windows so that syntax is…
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To enable parallel build, please add the '/m' switch

I wan to run this sample https://github.com/Gottox/node-webterm , but when i executing the command npm install it shows the error msg. Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch. …
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Open file from Emacs terminal without find-file

If I'm in a term-mode buffer and there is a file path displayed, how would I go about making the path "clickable", opening the file in a new buffer? It doesn't have to be mouse-clickable, in fact I'd prefer a key binding that works when the point is…
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Emacs key bindings change in terminal emulator

I notice that some Emacs key bindings change in terminal emulator (xfce4-terminal). For example: M-SPC under TTY sets the mark, but in xfce4-terminal it does nothing. Also: C-- is undo in TTY and does nothing in terminal emulator C-/ is erase char…
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How to interpret response from vt-100 / vt-102 DA request

How should the response from the DA escape sequence (\e[c) be interpreted? When running the command in urxvt i get 1;2, in linux console (and st) i get 6; and in xterm i get 64;1;2;6;9;15;18;21;22. From what I have been able to find on the internet…
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How to wait for user input in a terminal called with -e option?

I'm trying to open gnome-terminal (though I think it would be related to any x-terminal-emulator) with a command provided using -e option, like gnome-terminal -e 'ls'. The terminal is closed as soon as the command is done working, so I need a way to…
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